Read on for further details on Spore's requirements, including video cards, Windows Vista warnings, Mac system compatibility and more.

When launching the game, some Microsoft Vista users may receive a warning about running out of address space along with a link to the Microsoft Knowledge Base. If you see this message, it is recommended that you follow the instructions and go to the website listed in the message to update your system.

For computers using built-in graphics chipsets, the game requires at least:

Intel Integrated Chipset, 945GM or above.

2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent.

768 MB RAM

Supported Video Cards

ATI Radeon series

9500, 9600, 9800

X300, X600, X700, X800, X850

X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950

2400, 2600, 2900,

3650, 3850

NVIDIA GeForce series

FX 5900, FX 5950

6200, 6500, 6600, 6800,

7200, 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950

8400, 8500, 8600, 8800

Intel Extreme Graphics

GMA 950, GMA X3000, GMA X3100

Laptop versions of these chipsets may work, but may run comparatively slowly. Standalone cards that are installed in vanilla PCI slots (not PCIe or PCIx or AGP), such as some GeForce FX variants, will perform poorly. Intel integrated chipsets featuring underclocked parts, such as the 945GU, GML, and GMS, will not perform adequately.

Integrated chipsets such as the ATI Xpress and the NVIDIA TurboCache variants will have low settings selected, but should run satisfactorily.

Please note that attempting to play the game using video hardware that isn't listed above may result in reduced performance, graphical issues or cause the game to not run at all.